Environment Variables¶

Required¶

Variable	Description
`PRISMA_AIRS_API_KEY`	Prisma AIRS API key (`x-pan-token`). Used for authentication.

Optional¶

Variable	Default	Description
`PRISMA_AIRS_API_ENDPOINT`	`https://service.api.aisecurity.paloaltonetworks.com`	Regional AIRS API base URL
`PRISMA_AIRS_PROMPT_PROFILE`	`cursor-ide-prompt-profile`	Security profile name for prompt scanning
`PRISMA_AIRS_RESPONSE_PROFILE`	`cursor-ide-response-profile`	Security profile name for response scanning
`PRISMA_AIRS_TOOL_PROFILE`	`cursor-ide-tool-profile`	Security profile name for MCP/tool scanning

Cursor-Provided¶

These are injected by Cursor when running hooks and used internally:

Variable	Description
`CURSOR_PROJECT_DIR`	Absolute path to the current workspace
`CURSOR_USER_EMAIL`	Authenticated user's email (if available)
`CURSOR_VERSION`	Cursor IDE version string

User Identity Resolution¶

Every AIRS scan includes a metadata.app_user field that identifies the developer. This appears as the user_id in AIRS scan logs and the Prisma Cloud console, enabling per-user audit trails and policy enforcement.

The identity is resolved using the following fallback chain:

flowchart LR
    A[Cursor stdin<br/>user_email] -->|set?| B[CURSOR_USER_EMAIL]
    B -->|empty?| C[git config user.email]
    C -->|fails?| D["$USER / $USERNAME"]
    D -->|empty?| E["unknown"]

Priority	Source	Example
1	`user_email` from Cursor hook stdin	`calvin@cdot.io`
2	`git config user.email` (shell exec)	`calvin@example.com`
3	`$USER` or `$USERNAME` env var	`cdot`
4	Hardcoded fallback	`unknown`

The resolved value is sent to AIRS as:

{
  "metadata": {
    "app_name": "cursor-ide",
    "app_user": "calvin@cdot.io"
  }
}

How it works in practice

When you're signed into Cursor, it injects your account email into every hook invocation via the user_email field in the stdin JSON. Both hooks (beforeSubmitPrompt and afterAgentResponse) write this to process.env.CURSOR_USER_EMAIL, which the scanner then reads as the first-priority identity source.

Setting Variables¶

macOS / Linux (zsh)¶

# Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.zsh.d/20-exports.zsh
export PRISMA_AIRS_API_KEY="your-key-here"
export PRISMA_AIRS_PROMPT_PROFILE="Cursor IDE - Hooks"
export PRISMA_AIRS_RESPONSE_PROFILE="Cursor IDE - Hooks"
export PRISMA_AIRS_TOOL_PROFILE="Cursor IDE - Hooks"

macOS / Linux (bash)¶

# Add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile
export PRISMA_AIRS_API_KEY="your-key-here"

Cursor inherits your shell environment

Cursor loads environment variables from your login shell on macOS. After changing shell exports, restart Cursor (not just reload the window) for the changes to take effect.